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Word: Font
Speech Type: Noun
late Old English font, from Latin fons, font- ‘spring, fountain’, occurring in the ecclesiastical Latin phrase fons or fontes baptismi ‘baptismal water(s’)
fɒnt
a receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism, typically a free-standing stone structure.
Short Definition:receptacle in church for water used in baptism
a reservoir for oil in an oil lamp.
Short Definition:reservoir for oil in oil lamp
a source of a desirable quality or commodity; a fount
Short Definition:fount
Examples:- they dip down into the font of wisdom
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